b'MRCA NewsDISCOVER THE BENEFITS OFMidwest Roofing Contractors Association Partners MRCA Membership with Harness Software To Improve Safety.A t the MRCA Conference & Expo in Columbus, Ohio last month, the Midwest Roofing TheMidwestRoofingContractorsAssociation(MRCA)istheContractorsAdvocate.WithContractors Association (MRCA) announced a unique partnership with membership spanning 17 states throughout the Midwest, MRCA is dedicated to your needs as aHarness Software that will help MRCAs professional contractor. By offering education, safety materials, and business tools, MRCA helpsMember contractors save time and money in the area of health & safety.you grow your business, create a safer workplace, and save time and money. Launched in early 2015 and based in Stouffville, Ontario Canada (population approx. 38,000),HarnessHarness is designed to work the way Software has quickly established Join MRCA today for exclusive access to:itself as a leader in providing safetycompanies needs it to, the transition from paper is usually very smooth management applications tobecause workers will often see the contractors on both sides of thesame forms and terminology that Electronic distribution of monthly ToolboxOne-of-a-kind education, technical updates,border.In particular, Harness nowtheyre used to seeing.We have Talks and Monthly Meeting topics in Englishand networking at MRCAs Annual Conference counts several of the top 25 roofingguys that are 50 years old and have and Spanish, that help meet OSHAs safetycompanies in the US as customers. never used a smartphone before.Harness software solves a realAfter a short training session, theyre training requirements problem for our contractors saysoff and running.They come to Ready-to-use templates and forms forBob Pope, Executive Director of theme later and express about much A Safety Program Award that provides contracts, warranties, and moreMRCA.With increasing regulation,easier Harness makes their lives. says a detailed review of your safety programadministration of health & safetyWhitaker.programs can get complicated andHarness has experienced Midwest Roofer magazine, a must-read forthe costs for not complying can puttremendous growth in 2016 and A complimentary employee safety manual, industry news, trends, and products companies out of business.Harnessexpects this trend to continue into a great template to help create a compliantmakes things easy to manage and2017 and beyond.We know that helps them produce the kind of dueis now live in both app stores and issafety programs have been viewed safety programMember-only educational scholarships fordiligence that they need. Popefree to use for MRCA members.Theas distractions to getting stuff done. employees and their families from theadded.other aspect of the partnership is aWhen you can make things easier Complimentary legal advice on OSHA issues,MRCA Foundation For many construction-related firmspreferred upgrade path for MRCAto manage, the negative view tends contracts, and applicator agreementsand their personnel, using technologymembers that want to use Harnessto change.This leads to better is still a challenge.Harness Softwareexisting suite of features such as: participation in the program and The Young Contractors Council, whichhas addressed this through theReplacing paper forms forultimately to a safer workplace.Our Ask the Expert: On-demand technicalprovides relevant education, mentoring, anditeration of a simple user interfacejobsite hazard analysis, equipmentteam wants to lead the charge in this advice regarding roofing projects andnetworking for contractors younger than 40. that will seem familiar to those thatchecklists, and more. area and help as many companies materials may have been previously carryingConducting & properlyas possible.clipboards or binders.We spend adocumenting weekly toolbox talks MRCA members that wish to lot of time making sure that our usersdownload the SHARP safety app can are comfortable with the app andTracking worker trainingdo so by following the links below.weve built our stuff to be as flexiblerecords iOS(https://itunes.apple.as possible so we can recreate anyStoring and managingcom/ca/app/mrca-sharp/previous processes accurately.documents such as SDS id1150424782?mt=8)says Tom Whitaker, Founder & CEO Join your fellow professional roofing contractors of Harness Software. Were veryGenerating safety-relatedAndroid (https://play.google.and become an MRCA member today.excited at the chance to partnerreports as needed. com/store/apps/details?id=com.with the MRCA and help even moreAs a full service provider, Harnessharnessup.mrca_sharp&hl=en)contractors make safety easy. saysdoes all the heavy lifting in the setupFor Questions about the App, Its easy!Call 800.497.6722, go online toWhitaker. phase for each new customer.ThisContact:www.mrca.org, or mail the application on the The partnership has two aspects;is one element that sets HarnessTom Whitaker, Founder & CEOthe creation of a branded mobileapart from other firms in the space. Canada +1 416-526-9081reverse side. Harness will build the electronicUS +1-716-226 0443 application for iOS and Android to support the MRCA in house safetyversions of the forms, migratingtom@harnessup.comprogram called SHARP.This appexisting safety data, and providingwww.harnessup.comtraining to workers.Because www.mrca.orgMidwest Roofer 35'